Who won Gonzalez vs Fuentes?

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez beat Moises Fuentes by knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 15th September 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating Gennady Golovkin for the WBA Super World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard David Lemieux defeated Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan for the WBA World Middleweight belt and Jaime Munguia was victorious over Brandon Cook for the WBO World Junior Middleweight title.

Gonzalez vs Fuentes stats

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez stepped into the ring with a record of 46 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 38 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Moises Fuentes made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 5 loses and 1 draw, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Gonzalez had a large advantage in power over Fuentes, boosting at 83% knock out percentage over Fuentes' 56%.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was the same age as Moises Fuentes, at 35 years old.

Fuentes had a height advantage of 4 inches over Gonzalez. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez & Moises Fuentes fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gonzalez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Fuentes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 111 more professional rounds, 295 to Fuentes' 184.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez went into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBA and 2 by the WBC at super flyweight.

Gonzalez vs Fuentes form

Gonzalez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Julio Cesar Martinez on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Pechanga Arena, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Juan Francisco Estrada on 13th March 2021 by split decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight and WBA Super World Super Flyweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Israel Gonzalez on 23rd October 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Flyweight championship fight at Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Before that, he had beat Kal Yafai on 29th February 2020 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas, United States.

He had won against Diomel Diocos on 23rd December 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Arena, Kanagawa, Japan.

Activity check

Gonzalez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

Fuentes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Gonzalez vs Fuentes start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Gonzalez vs Fuentes?

Gonzalez vs Fuentes was broadcast on HBO PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BT Sport Box Office.

What were the odds on Gonzalez vs Fuentes?

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was a 2/25 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Moises Fuentes made his way into the ring at 27/4 (+680) with oddsmakers.